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Chapter 592

Ever since Ji Xuanzhu gave birth to a son, the office of Chicheng General's Office has become lively. First, the two old ladies were promoted to Mrs. Tai and received a wave of rewards. They even lingered in Ji Xuanzhu's room all day long. , very happy for the Zhang family to have a future.

Then, after the hostess Ji Xuanzhu gave birth to a child, she became a real wife and completely secured her position as the master of the inner house, and issued another wave of rewards. Diligent.

A fast horse galloped out of the red castle, and the knights on the horses were all dressed in red and green, full of energy, and they were going to send out wedding invitations to officials, officials, rich merchants, and businessmen in all directions.

Zhang Cheng is now the second most important person in Xuanzhen after Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanzhen. With the trust and favor of the king, and the care of his own soldier Chen Xinjia, not to mention Lin Dengyou, the deputy chief soldier of Xuanzhen, Even Liu Yongzuo, governor of Xuanfu, gave him some points, and even Zhang Fuzhen, governor of Xuanda, couldn't do anything to him.

What's more, Zhang Cheng is now returning to his hometown with the help of the suppression of Henan, and he will soon lead the army to fight in Liaodong. Who can guarantee that he will not make great achievements in rescuing Jinzhou this time? impossible!
After all, looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, how many people are there who are in their twenties as deputy chief soldiers, and who hold a strong army like Zhang Cheng, who are able to fight bravely, and who have the grace of the Holy Spirit, who is more important?
Therefore, after receiving the wedding invitations, all the officials in Xuanzhen prepared generous gifts and prepared to come to congratulate them in person, even the governor of Xuanfu Liu Yongzuo was no exception, but Yang Guozhu, the general of Xuanzhen, had led the army out of Juyongguan at this moment, but he was not alive. I can't come to drink a glass of Zhang Cheng's wedding wine by myself.

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Since Zhang Cheng returned to Xuan Town, he has been staying in Chi Castle busy with the reorganization of the army. It has been more than half a month now, and he has a little free time until today, so he, Wei Zhice, Lin Fangping and others rode to the cloud State Craftsman Camp.

Previously, it was believed that the foreign master Tang Ruowang had left Xuanzhen a month ago and was ordered to return to the capital to complete the final revision of the "Chongzhen Almanac". However, before he left, he had led the craftsmen, The craftsmen created six Hongyi cannons.

Zhang Cheng rushed to Yunzhou this time just to see the power of the Hongyi cannon. According to his memory, it was "a single cannon that corrupted dozens of miles", which really made him unbelievable!

He can still believe that the artillery of this era can shoot several miles away, but it is really unbelievable for tens of miles.

Yunzhou Jiangying re-opened an artillery range in the northwest to test fire the Hongyi cannon. The shooting range is close to a deserted valley in the west, so it is not afraid of the cannon hitting people.

Now six Hongyi cannons are lined up in front of Zhang Cheng, and two of them are placed directly on the ground. It can be clearly seen that there is a shallow groove behind the cannons. It seems that the strong recoil of the cannons caused them to retreat. Sincerely.

There are also four cannons placed on wooden gun mounts. This gun mount looks very bulky. First, two rough wooden boards are placed vertically on the leveled ground, with wooden brackets on them. The Hongyi cannon is on top.

The advantage of this gun mount is obvious at first glance. It is much more convenient to adjust the shooting angle and firing range of the cannon than to place it on the ground, and it is also more convenient to reset when recoil.

Zhang Cheng walked up to him and stroked the Hongyi cannon with his hand. Immediately, he felt its heaviness. He estimated that this cannon must weigh more than a thousand catties, and it was really huge.

Li Chengmao, the head of the Artillery Bureau, came up and introduced: "Commander, this Hongyi cannon was made with the help of Master Tang, but it is a big guy. This one alone weighs more than [-] catties, and it can be fired as far as possible. five miles away."

"Oh?"

Zhang Cheng continued to ask with some doubts: "The cannon can only shoot five miles like this?"

Li Chengmao was taken aback for a moment, in his opinion, it was already a miracle that he could shoot five miles away, but he was not satisfied with Zhang Cheng's meaning.

He said a little timidly: "The furthest... the furthest you can shoot is five miles away, but you have to shoot within three miles to be more accurate, and you can't aim any farther away."

Only then did Zhang Cheng nod his head, and said, "Not bad, really good. Three miles is enough. Get ready and fire a few shots, and open your eyes to this commander."

Li Chengmao hurriedly turned around and directed the gunners to carry out a series of loading work. At this time, Shi Tiegen, the head of the Yunzhou Craftsman Battalion, also came to Zhang Cheng's side and continued to introduce: "Marshal, this red cannon is one foot long. It is cast with mud film method. It is a copper body with an iron core, and the gun wall is thinner at the front and thicker at the back, so that it can withstand so much gunpowder. You can see that the slightly thicker one in the middle is the medicine chamber.

In addition, cylindrical lugs are installed on both sides of the center of gravity of the gun body. Using this as the axis, the firing angle of the cannon can be adjusted, and the firing range can be changed according to the amount of gunpowder.

There are also front sights and rear sights on the gun barrel. Master Tang taught us to calculate the ballistic according to the parabola, which greatly improved the shooting accuracy. "

Li Chengmao had directed the gunner to finish loading, and ran to ask Zhang Cheng whether to shoot. After getting Zhang Cheng's permission, he asked Zhang Cheng to step back first, and then raised the command flag and waved it.

After adjusting the angle slightly, the two gunners ignited the fuze, and there was a deafening roar, and a large canopy of white smoke rose instantly, enveloping the two Hongyi cannons completely.

There were two haystacks about three miles away. One of them exploded and scattered in an instant after being hit directly, while the other cannon flew past the top edge of the haystack.

Li Chengmao seemed a little dissatisfied. He rubbed his hands beside Zhang Cheng, but Zhang Cheng was extremely satisfied with it. He knew that the accuracy of the cannon was extremely poor at this time, and it was rare to have such a result.

Then the remaining four Hongyi cannons erected on wooden gun mounts also test-fired respectively. Two of the cannons hit the haystack target three miles away, but one hit and one missed the target. It was shot at a distance of five miles, but the accuracy was far worse.

Standing in the distance, Zhang Cheng asked, "This Hongyi cannon is indeed amazingly powerful, but it's just so cumbersome. How to transfer it to the battlefield, wouldn't it be very labor-intensive?"

Li Chengmao hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Back to the commander, if this Hongyi cannon is operated by a skilled gunner, it can be fired once in less than a stick of incense. The shooting speed alone cannot be compared with the previous Flang cannon." Compare.

But just as the commander said, this cannon weighs more than [-] catties, and it is inconvenient to move. If you go to battle with an army, you need about six mules to pull it. Can. "

Zhang Cheng looked at the Hongyi Cannon in the distance, pondered for a while, and said, "With such a cannon, how many Hongyi Cannons can our Artillery Bureau produce every month?"

(End of this chapter)